HARTSVILLE, SC-Sonoco today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG), Europe's leading provider of composite cans along with composite drums and rigid plastic containers, for EURO286 million, or approximately $360 million, in cash.

DUBLIN-Smurfit Kappa has rolled out the ‘Board Referee', which is exclusively developed across all of its production sites in Europe, as part of a commitment to bring customers cutting edge innovation throughout its operations. The pioneering Board Referee was designed by Smurfit Kappa's Development Centre in the Netherlands and continues the company's practice of using insight, applied expertise and measurement to develop high-performance packaging products.